TABLE 1.
Adolescent Ratings*
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Parent Ratings*
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Mann-Whitney U
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | U† | P‡ | |
Depression | 6% | 16% | 37% | 22% | 19% | 1% | 9% | 32% | 25% | 33% | 34,552 | <0.001 |
Anxiety | 7% | 23% | 37% | 21% | 12% | 2% | 11% | 32% | 26% | 29% | 30,950 | <0.001 |
Alcohol misuse | 7% | 10% | 27% | 28% | 28% | 2% | 7% | 23% | 28% | 40% | 37,018 | <0.001 |
Drug misuse | 6% | 5% | 26% | 30% | 33% | 2% | 6% | 23% | 26% | 42% | 39,542 | <0.05 |
Suicide risk | 6% | 8% | 23% | 19% | 44% | 3% | 7% | 22% | 21% | 48% | 41,630 | 0.141 |
Eating disorders | 6% | 19% | 28% | 26% | 21% | 3% | 7% | 34% | 27% | 29% | 36,876 | <0.001 |
Behavior problems | 14% | 24% | 33% | 21% | 11% | 4% | 12% | 33% | 25% | 26% | 31,752 | <0.001 |
Dating violence | 13% | 18% | 28% | 21% | 20% | 3% | 9% | 27% | 20% | 41% | 30,601 | <0.001 |
1 = Not important, 2 = somewhat important, 3 = important, 4 = very important, 5 = extremely important.
Mann-Whitney U test comparing parents and adolescent importance ratings of screening for each of the mental health concerns.
All significant differences were in the direction of parents reporting higher importance ratings than adolescents.